Celebrities

Celebrities

I really don't understand this article about some New Jersey school not wanting Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie to film their show at their school. The part I don't understand is why parents have a problem with young and impressionable female adolescents using them as rolemodels. Let's see, one is famous for using her parents' money to live a coked up, over-indulged life of laziness and decadence. And of course, for depicting her ineptitude at giving blowjobs in a grainy homemade porn video. The other is famous for using her adopted father and her best friend's questionable fame to get into A-list parties. Oh and heroin felonies. Can't forget that. Neither has much of an education, intelligence, class or respect for others. But hey, they have Leonardo DiCaprio on speed dial. Why wouldn't parents want their kids emulating them?? Just think, maybe their daughters would see them, decide they too want to use and slut their way to fame, and then after five or so years of auditioning on casting call couches, they might be able to make enough to not buy their parents a nice house in Boca Raton. Wouldn't that be great? I think those Buena Vista Township parents are tripping.

So Tom Hanks is apparently America's favorite actor. I can see that. He's pretty good at picking interesting roles. I myself am a big fan of Saving Private Ryan and The Green Mile. Oh and of course, Big and Joe Versus The Volcano (Yeah I know, Joe versus the who?) My problem with picking favorite actors (my reluctant admiration for Antonio Banderas notwithstanding) is that I have difficulty separating their talent with their whole likeability factor. I might enjoy a flick some random actor is in, but then he'll go and do something lame in real life and it ruins my cinematic experience. For example, I used to be neutral towards Julia Roberts (no one yet seems to realize that she plays the exact same character in every single one of her movies) until that whole thing happened with her stealing that woman's husband and wearing T-shirts with nasty messages to the woman (after her husband already left her). Dude, you won. He was chilling with his wife, then you went after him and what low-level production peon is going to turn down an affair with Julia Roberts? There's no need to use your fame to publicly humiliate her even more afterwards. Douche bag.

Which leads perfectly into...

Geo's List of Random Celebrities He Dislikes
1. Paris Hilton
2. Renee Zellwegger
3. Julia Roberts
4. Brittany Murphy

I had to put that up because, what's wrong with Renee Zellwegger? It's like disliking the Easter Bunny. Geo doesn't have a specific set of actors he likes, but I kinda do. I say kinda because some of them aren't really actors. Kind of like how Jennifer Lopez and Madonna can't sing very well so they're really more "performers" than "singers."

My Favorite Actors/Actresses (according to my DVD collection)
1. Harrison Ford (this whole Calista thing is threatening his position on here though)
2. Tom Hanks
3. Jet Li
4. Denzel Washington (I like Glory, Crimson Tide and Remember the Titans Denzel not The Pelican Brief Denzel.)
5. Meg Ryan
6. Russell Crowe
7. Kevin Spacey
8. Steven Seagal (I know, I am such a dork. I like Under Siege Steven though, not fried-chicken-and-Krispy-Kremes Steven.)
9. Antonio Banderas

I'm really coming to grips with this whole Antonio Banderas thing aren't I. I watched The 13th Warrior today and was at peace with myself. No more furtive looks over my shoulder and changing the channel when someone walks in. No more waiting until everyone leaves to pop in The Mask of Zorro, like some college guy waiting for his roommate to go to class so he can get in a quick jerk.

Speaking of spank bank material, I saw a CBS news segment the other day that announced that according to the universal They, the most beautiful woman in the entire world is Indian film star Aishwarya Rai. I have to agree, she might just be kicking someone off my ever-changing list.

My Top 5 Women List
1. Angelina Jolie
2. Shannyn Sossamon
3. Josie Maran
4. Kelly Hu
5. Jessica Alba

Lani wants to vote off Jessica Alba, because apparently our other friend has had a few not-so-pleasant run-ins with her "skankiness." Too bad. Well, they're not on my list for their personalities. She'll probably get kicked off anyway because I am really feeling the Indian chick. And not just because I want to meet her so she can take me out for Indian food. That's just a fringe benefit. Chicken tikka masala, saag paneer, lachcha paratha, samosa choley, shrimp vindaloo, raita, naan and a mango milkshake, all while looking at someone hot? Sign me up.